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Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic singer and activist (died 1952)

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Bangalore Nagarathnamma

Indian Carnatic singer (1878–1952)

Bangalore Nagarathnamma was an Indian Carnatic singer, cultural activist, scholar, and devadasi. A descendant of devadasis, she was also a patron of the arts and a historian. Nagarathnamma built a temple over the samadhi of the Carnatic singer Tyagaraja at Thiruvaiyaru and…
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Carnatic music

Music genre originating in southern India

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. Most Carnatic compositions are in Telugu and Sanskrit.
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